Dutch Government OK's Publication of H5N1 Study
by Martin Enserink
27 April 2012, 12:24 PM
Translation by Autumnson blog
AMSTERDAM—The Dutch government has given virologist Ron Fouchier of Erasmus MC an export license for his controversial H5N1 transmissibility study, allowing Fouchier to send a revised manuscript of his paper to Science.
阿姆斯特丹 - 荷蘭政府已給予Erasmus醫學中心的病毒學家羅恩Fouchier一份出口許可證，為他的爭議性H5N1病毒的傳播研究，允許Fouchier發送給科學雜誌他的論文修改原稿。
The license "is in my inbox," says Fouchier. "Now we can move on."
許可證“是在我的收件箱，”Fouchier說，“現在我們可以繼續前進。”
The decision by Henk Bleker, minister for agriculture and foreign trade, was announced this afternoon in a press release (Dutch) posted on the ministry's Web site. It comes 4 days after a closed meeting in The Hague, where government officials discussed the risks and benefits of the research with an international group of scientists and security experts. According to today's statement:
由農業和外貿部長亨克Bleker批准的決定，今天下午在該部網站上的一份新聞稿（荷蘭文）發布及宣布。它出現在海牙的一個閉門會議後的第4天，其中政府官員與一組國際科學家和安全專家討論研究的風險和利益。根據今天的聲明：
Minister Bleker has weighed all of the benefits and risks of publication of the avian influenza research, and has especially looked at the freedom of research and publication, health, and safety. He has also taken into consideration insights from national and international experts in the areas of security, health, and research; the positive advice of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity [NSABB] to the U.S. government about publication of the research; and the U.S. government's decision to follow that advice.Fouchier had been fiercely opposed to applying for an export license, which he says is an inappropriate tool to control the flow of scientific information. He eventually filed for the permit while disputing the obligation to do so.
Fouchier says he's "glad but not surprised" by the decision. "It would have been strange" if the government had held up publication after NSABB and an expert panel at the World Health Organization recommended publication, says Fouchier. The Rotterdam lab will not break out the champagne until the paper actually comes out, he says. "Then we'll throw a party."
Bleker also sent a letter to the Dutch House of Representatives today (Dutch) in which he promised to inform the House about the outcomes of Monday's meeting no later than 16 May.
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/04/dutch-government-oks-publication.html
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